As part of efforts to highlight the many values of rivers and to increase public awareness around the usefulness of rivers, the Benin Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA) yesterday joined other global agencies to celebrate the World Rivers Day.
The celebration is designed to promote improved stewardship of all rivers around the world and to draw attention to the world’s rivers that are in degraded states and facing increased pressures associated with pollution, industrial development, urbanization and climate change mostly due to human activities.
Source: The Nigerian Observer